Our planet [DVD video] : the past, present and future of earth

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Title:

Added Author:

Chin, Peter.

Herrmann, Edward, 1943-2014

Hearle, Alex.

Goritsas, Demetri.

DeVries, David.

Lurie, James (James Harrison)

Publication Date:

2011

Publication Information:

[New York] : A&E Television Networks : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video, c2011.

Physical Description:

3 videodiscs (4 hrs., 40 mins.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Abstract:

Disc 1: How the earth was made. Examines the origin and geological evolution of the earth, focusing on the various cataclysmic transformations that occurred through time.

Disc 2 : A global warning? The History Channel answers the question: After 650 million years of climate change, is global warming simply a naturally occurring phenomenon, or the result of human activity?

Disc 3 : Life after people. What will the world be like when mankind is extinct? The pyramids may stand forever, but the cities will disappear. Our greatest masterpieces will fade and crumble. How long would it take before the last remnants of mankind completely disappeared?

General Note:

Title from disc surface.

Documentary.

Originally broadcast on television in 2007 and 2008.

Special features: Bonus documentary "Inside the volcano"; Additional scenes.

Contents:

Disc 1. How the earth was made / produced by Pioneer Productions for the History Channel ; written and directed by Peter Chin -- Disc 2. A global warning? / written & directed by Alex Hearle ; produced by Pioneer Productions for the History Channel -- Disc 3. Life after people / written, produced and directed by David de Vries ; produced by Vincent Lopez ; produced by Flight 33 Productions for History Television Network Productions.

Technical Details:

DVD; widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.

Subject Term:

Historical geology.

Plate tectonics -- History.

Continental drift -- History.

Global warming.

Climatic changes -- History.

Paleoclimatology.

Human beings -- Effect of climate on.

Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.

Global temperature changes.